The Portuguese Empire: How The First Global Empire Was Forged
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The Portuguese Empire was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by Portugal. It was one of the longest-lived colonial empires in European history, lasting almost six centuries from the conquest of Ceuta in North Africa in 1415, to the transfer of sovereignty over Macau to China in 1999. The empire began in the 15th century, and from the early 16th century it stretched across the globe, with bases in Africa, North America, South America, and various regions of Asia and Oceania.
The Portuguese Empire originated at the beginning of the Age of Discovery, and the power and influence of the Kingdom of Portugal would eventually expand across the globe. In the wake of the Reconquista, Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of Africa and the Atlantic archipelagos in 1418-1419, using recent developments in navigation, cartography, and maritime technology such as the caravel, with the aim of finding a sea route to the source of the lucrative spice trade. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and in 1498 Vasco da Gama reached India. In 1500, either by an accidental landfall or by the crown's secret design, Pedro Álvares Cabral reached what would be Brazil.
Over the following decades, Portuguese sailors continued to explore the coasts and islands of East Asia, establishing forts and factories as they went. By 1571, a string of naval outposts connected Lisbon to Nagasaki along the coasts of Africa, the Middle East, India, and South Asia. This commercial network and the colonial trade had a substantial positive impact on Portuguese economic growth (1500-1800) when it accounted for about a fifth of Portugal's per-capita income.
When King Philip II of Spain (Philip I of Portugal) seized the Portuguese crown in 1580, there began a 60-year union between Spain and Portugal known to subsequent historiography as the Iberian Union, although the realms continued to have separate administrations. As the King of Spain was also King of Portugal, Portuguese colonies became the subject of attacks by three rival European powers hostile to Spain: the Dutch Republic, England, and France. With its smaller population, Portugal found itself unable to effectively defend its overstretched network of trading posts, and the empire began a long and gradual decline. Eventually, Brazil became the most valuable colony of the second era of empire (1663-1825), until, as part of the wave of independence movements that swept the Americas during the early 19th century, it broke away in 1822.
The third era of empire covers the final stage of Portuguese colonialism after the independence of Brazil in the 1820s. By then, the colonial possessions had been reduced to forts and plantations along the African coastline (expanded inland during the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century), Portuguese Timor, and enclaves in India (Portuguese India) and China (Portuguese Macau). The 1890 British Ultimatum led to the contraction of Portuguese ambitions in Africa.
Under António Salazar (in office 1932-1968), the Estado Novo dictatorship made some ill-fated attempts to cling on to its last remaining colonies. Under the ideology of pluricontinentalism, the regime renamed its colonies "overseas provinces" while retaining the system of forced labour, from which only a small indigenous élite was normally exempt. In August 1961, the Dahomey annexed the Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá, and in December that year India annexed Goa, Daman, and Diu. The Portuguese Colonial War in Africa lasted from 1961 until the final overthrow of the Estado Novo regime in 1974. The Carnation Revolution of April 1974 in Lisbon led to the hasty decolonization of Portuguese Africa and to the 1975 annexation of Portuguese Timor by Indonesia. Decolonization prompted the exodus of nearly all the Portuguese colonial settlers and of many mixed-race people from the colonies. Portugal returned Macau to China in 1999. The only overseas possessions to remain under Portuguese rule, the Azores and Madeira, both had overwhelmingly Portuguese populations, and Lisbon subsequently changed their constitutional status from "overseas provinces" to "autonomous regions". The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) is the cultural successor of the Empire, analogous to the Commonwealth of Nations for countries formerly part of the British Empire.
I'm from Portugal and I absolutely love a quote from one of our best poets ever, Fernando Pessoa, and it goes like this: "The sea with an end can be Greek or Roman, but the endless sea is Portuguese"
Love it
@@Basedracict123you mean Pessi? 😮😂
true that, we portuguese proofed to the ancient greeks and romans that the world doesn’t stop at the pillars of hercules.
the portuguese has contributed so much to the knowledge we now have of our world and globalization. the portuguese empire is the cradle of the todays western dominating world.
and one day… when humankind goes into space to discover new galaxies and planets… they’re going to pay homage to the early portuguese discoverers 🥲
@@tonyagos1172another Liolooser Pussi cheerleader
how many wc goals did Missing Pessi score by penalty??? 🤦♂️
talking about penalties. 🤫
You can’t fk with the FIFA ALL TIME TOP SCORER 💪🏾
Also from Pessoa: "O salty sea, how much of your salt / are tears of Portugal! / For us to cross you, how many mothers cried! / How many sons in vain prayed! / How many maidens remained unmarroed / so that you could be ours, o sea!
I’m Goan(indian) and I’m very proud of Portugal and all its glory. viva Portugal
"If God speaks Portuguese, I do not know. But these cannons do!" - Dom Francisco de Almeida
"Tonight I light a city for you my son!" - Dom Francisco de Almeida
Fcking poetry
He was the first Governor and Vice-Roy of Portuguese India. Not Albuquerque.
@@lourencoalmeida "poortugal a BIG s**it hole"
- Citizens of Poortugal
That's pretty gangster 😂
the Portuguese empire started modern day globalization, forever changing the course of human history. for better or for worse, it can't be understated how significant their cultural and historical legacy is across the globe
What you portugee smoking??
Keep dreaming...it was the Spanish🇪🇸 that started modern day globalization!!
"poortugal a BIG s**it hole"
- Citizens of Poortugal
I agree. Their gorgeous architecture is global, withstanding more than many newer structures. While their work has been falsely claimed as newer builds made by inexperienced contest winners, there's still hints of evidence, such as the Franklin repository's History of America, 1858. The beautiful works of art are undoubtedly Portuguese.
I am a descendant of the Portuguese of the Malacca Straits...My mom is direct descendant...Iam a small part of it...from the De Mello family.
😊❤
Hello far-flung cousin. I’m descended of the same family, only from the other side of the world: Rio de Janeiro!
@@artur1319 😊😊😊👍👍👍
@@artur1319 How great! Two Mello families, one in Malaysia and another one in Brazil, found themselves through CZcams. Yes, you have a common ancestor. I think the first Mello was born in north-central Portugal, near the Serra da Estrela mountains.
I’m Brazilian and I’m very proud of Portugal and all its glory.
Um abraço de Lisboa
É um bobão
Don’t tell anyone.. you are also Portuguese, you are the product of a dream, a glorious dream
@@Gabriel-su6vfpouco barulho sindromizado.
Salve irmão
Iam Spanish and i recognize the enormous value of Portugal in history ; great navigators ; great empire and laguage talk for 200 million of inhabitants.👍
As a Anglo saxons. I've had nothing but great if not fantastic experiences with them
The Portuguese language is a terribly sounding language.
@@MoisePicard-mk1ntmust be a pain with the voices in your head always talking in french; my condolences
Big hug for our Spanish brothers!
210 milhões só no Brasil 😂
After watching the first episodes of Shogun, I can see why the Japanese looked scared and nervous when Blackthorne mentioned about the extensive global reach that Portugal had, those boys were not messing around, if I was on the japanese side I would be anxious too, knowning so little about the outside world and some foreign is explaining how a superpower controls a whole hemisphere and everything that came across it, no wonder Portuguese is one of the most spoken languages in the world
for better or for worse, the Portuguese maritime empire started modern day globalization, forever changing the course of human history.
Yes, but Portugal and England were not enemies like Blackthorne mentioned. As a matter of fact the Anglo-Portuguese alliance is the oldest alliance based in known history. Unfortunately England “broke” is vows when it forced Portugal to give up his African’s colonies. So maybe, we will get to know that Blackthorn was lying about Portugal because of his own agenda.
@@miked15The British ended Portugal's slavery, this is a good thing.
@@jacobfield4848English? The slavery ended because of Japan and the pope..
@@pedrovskidantini2324The Pope ordered the slavery to enrich the Catholic church and grow it. Japan only became a democracy after WWII. The British and Danish banned slavery in 1807, well before anyone else.
This is a fascinating history - so glad others are covering it as well.
Thanks for your support - your video on this subject is great!
You were the pioneer!
Many thanks for your influence!
But this is a ridicule video full of lies about slavery.
@@jayhuxley2559 There is no lie about slavery.
The Myth, The Legend is here as well!
the African map is not showing the portuguese colony of Guiné Bissau.
and cape verde too.
@@pedrosousa9780Cabo Verde was most certainly shown in the video.
Guine-Bissau is really small, very very small, it dwarfs in the vastness of Africa.
@@carlossaraiva8213Guine Bissau is bigger than Cape Verde, and Sao Tome and these ones are in the map
Guine Bissau and Sao Tome e Principe should definitely be mentioned as they to are very much part of Portugals colonial history
Portugal indomável! Ordem de Cristo! Muito orgulho dos meus antepassados. Milhões de descendentes aqui no Rio de janeiro. Somos o maior legado de Portugal. Um continente de 210 milhões de pessoas." Viva o Brasil. Viva Portugal.
viva, e maus aqueles que são ignorantes
Um abraço ao Brasil de um português, saúde para o povo brasileiro 🇵🇹🤝🇧🇷
Milhões onde? Nas favelas só tem negros e nos bairros ricos is sobrenomes são italianos, judeus,alemães, espanhóis e Árabes. O Rio é o Brasil que deu errado: crime, desigualdade social, racismo, pobreza e narcotráfico.
ordem de cristo o caralho. portugal é uma democracia e o estado é laico. ignorante
"poortugal a BIG s**it hole"
- Citizens of Poortugal
To call Portugal "obscure is indeed very English.
If you know the true history of Vasco Da Gama it goes obscure real quick
@@unspecialistDEPENDE DE QUEM CONTA A HISTÓRIA!
@@unspecialist Lemme guess. You are indian? Why do people act surprised these nations waged war and invaded countries? That's literally how EVERY empire was built.
England would have been seen as obscure too, between 1100-1200.
@@qetounstill is. Dark and grey asf
Portugal History is one which i did not follow for a long time. Its quite interesting how such an important role it took in history.
best part is portuguesitos *make up history out of thin air* as pass it off as real 🤣🤣
@flipperthedolphin-vv7de and you probably think your culture didn't right ? 😂😂😂😂 bro history is writen by the victors it does not always mean that it is 100% accurate ,and if I knew where you from I could find some dirt as well mate 👍
ur just mad@@flipperthedolphin-vv7de
I LOVED IT.
Recognition of the true heroes of our days. A country that changed the all world just with a tiny number of brave worriors. Congratulations... english speaking countries finally admite that.
The portuguese empire is very underrated, even in Brazil, a place that was once part of it, do not know it very much.
Normally, it has always been in the shadow of the Spanish empire, the only way you have to get attention is by lying. The first global empire was the Spanish Empire.
@@Torosentao You're lying. Portugal was already four centuries old and had sailed many seas, and only then was Spain born1492. Spain just followed Portugal.
@@Torosentao nah bro you are right handed
I disagree, in Brazil Portuguese history is taught in school as our first contact into the history of our country, all the glory of Portugal is very much observed and in general people will be proud for of its history
@@Torosentao The only argument you might have is that Spain did conquer the canary islands 10 years before the portuguese conquest of Ceuta, but that's really just it.
The Canary islands in contrast to the portuguese discouveries that followed, was also not really a "discouvery", the islands were already known by some europeans in the 14th century, Spain was merely the first to actually conquer them.
After this conquest, Spain did basically nothing until Colombus's voyage, in part because they were focused on Granada.
So between the spanish conquest of the Canaries, and Colombus's voyage, Portugal effectivelly had explored the entire western african coast, made settlements along it, and found numerous islands, all completely new discouveries to the european world.
For context, this golden age of portuguese exploration was very well known through out the monarquies of europe, Colombus actually asked the Portuguese for sponsorship before going to Spain, because everyone knew the Portuguese were the ones leading this exploration front at that point. Colombus got rejected for 2 reasons, he had miscalculated the size of earth's circumference, he thought it was a shorter voyage than it would actually be (who knows what would've happened to him if america wasnt there..), and because Bartolomeu dias actually had just returned shortly before with news that it's possible to bypass the african continent and reach the indian ocean.
So while it might be true that Spain got the first conquest outside of europe, Portugal was undisputably the one who really kicked off the age of exploration, with the first conquests that were really far away, far away enough to actually be called Global.
Great video, txs! The portuguese most likely knew about Brasil before the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494, King John III insisted the original draft be altered and the line to be moved 300 leagues west, so it would effectively place the territory of Brasil in the portuguese side.
It is known for sure that when Christopher Columbus and the Spanish fleet returned to Spain in 1492 (after the voyage to America), a ship arrived in Portugal, and the king of Portugal ordered to send a Portuguese ship in 1493 to America, to check if the Christopher Columbus' discovery was real.
@@Gloriaimperial1 I don't know where you got this story from, although I'm Brazilian, I see that you Hispanics always try to diminish the achievements of the Portuguese empire 🤡🤡😂
@@laudemar-A.B.6386 Quite the opposite. I myself have a Portuguese surname, that of my mother. It is from a 14th century Portuguese knight who went to fight in Andalusia against the kingdom of Granada, and stayed to live there.
Regardless of that, Portugal has many great sailors, recognized in world history. I only expose the danger that the Catholic world had at that time, against the Protestant powers. Even during the Iberian Union, Spain always respected the Portuguese administering its part of the empire. But if Protestants from the Netherlands or England come there, the Catholics are expelled.
@@laudemar-A.B.6386 cry harder portuguesitos 😭
“Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal são lágrimas de Portugal…”
- Fernando Pessoa
"poortugal a BIG s**it hole"
- Citizens of Poortugal
Excelent video. I was one of the people that commented on your video on Spain that the actual first global Empire was Portugal =P ( nothing against our peninsular brothers, theirs was bigger, ours was the first).
Some curiosities:
I) Portugal had lands on North America, lands known as New found land of cod or "Newfoundland" for short, and the lands of Don Corte-Real, a man also known as "the farmer", which in Portuguese is "Lavrador" (Labrador).
Ii) Portugal actually holds the Guinness World Record as the First Global Empire xD
Iii) Portuguese is the most spoken language of the southern hemisphere (a spectacular fit if you remember how it all started, in a poor peripheric medieval kingdom in Europe).
Lol just google first global empire and see what happens :D :D :D :D started in 1418 while Spain wasnt even a country then
@@carlosmelo6220 The concept of a Spanish, Italian or German nation is something that the Portuguese do not understand well. The reunification of the crown in Spain began in 1469, yes. The United Kingdom was officially born in 1704. Italy was officially born in 1860. Germany was officially born as a state-empire in 1870. But the Spanish or Hispanic nations (including what is now Portugal), British, Italian and German (including Austria, which was capital of the German Empire) predate the existence of Portugal or Castile by 500 years. The first kings of these countries independent of Rome are from the 5th and 6th centuries. The Visigoths of the 6th century: "I am king of Hispania-España". If you look for any historical figure from these countries, long before official reunification in a modern state, the ITALIAN humanists of the 15th century say: "Spain is the power that has invaded ITALIA" When only the empire of Aragon (Spain) was there. Leonardo feels Italian in a territory with more than 12 independent kingdoms: Genoa, Savoy, Venice, Papal States, Naples... Luther complains in the 16th century: "The Spanish have divided our Germany between two religions, saving the Catholics ". France, although it has the territory occupied by Spain in the north and south of Franche-Comté, feels French. The French say in the 16th century: "The Spanish have unlimited ambition, they occupy lands and seas throughout the planet." The English did not call the Armada of 1588 that was going to invade their country, the "Castellan Armada", but the "Spanish Armada". In the Dutch anthem, born in the 16th century, the Dutch include "I am not a traitor of the Spanish king", or something like that. Portugal did not become independent from Castile in 1640-1668, but from Spain. El Cid (Spanish hero of the 10th century) says: "We are Spain." Likewise the kings, such as Alfonso X "The Wise", of Castile, in the Middle Ages. If you study the history of the United Kingdom you quickly realize that they talk about Elisabeth, Drake and the Spanish Armada of 1588 or Shakespeare, as British (although these characters live in a kingdom called England). The Aragonese (Spanish) had their first colony in Africa in 1380, and the Castilians (Spanish) in the Canary Islands in 1404. Spain arrived in America in 1492 (Castile actually arrived, with many Aragonese-Catalan soldiers, on the second trip, but All humanity understands that the Spanish discovered America. Sometimes the name Castilla is used like the English do to talk about the English soccer team, but everyone understands that Spain made the first trip around the world in 1522, reaching the Pacific Ocean. for the first time, which is half of the earth, GLOBAL. Gabriel of Castile discovers Antarctica in 1603, but everyone says: "Spain discovered Antarctica." Of course, Portugal is occupied in 1580, by the king of Spain, not Castile.
@@Gloriaimperial1 Portugal > Espanha
@@Gloriaimperial1didint have to write a whole book 😭
@@Gloriaimperial1 Os descobrimentos do mundo começou em Portugal desde o reinado de Dom Diniz, tu tem noção de quanto tempo foi isso? Na época de Dom Diniz, até Portugal lutava contra Aragão para tomar o pode de Castella e fazer do Portugal a capital da futura Hispania ou Lusitania , mas foi sorte de uma de suas sobrinhas (Isabel) que conseguiu vencer o exército leal a sua filha predileta para o trono de Castella.
I’m brazilian and I have portuguese ancestry and I’m proud of it.
As a portuguese, I can say you guys did a very fine job. Thank you for sharing a part of our long history with us and the world. Best regards.
if you like made up history, yes!
Viva Portugal, do Brasil!
*"poortugal a BIG s**it hole"*
*- Citizens of Poortugal* 😁
Cape Verde and São Tomé should had remained Portuguese, but is ironic how Britain, USA, and France were making pressure to Portugal to free its colonies when still today those hypocrites still hold colonies abroad from their territories, France still holds South America territory with French Guyana.
Its African colonies took advantage of Portugal's revolution and internal political crisis in the 70s and declared independence 😆
@@laudemar-A.B.6386 it was the provinces, but terrorists groups supported by soviet union and china, to cause chaos and death at the portuguese territory, the portuguese sent the army and won all fronts, except in Guiné Bissau, but the communists/socialists revolution in Portugal threw the victory into the garbage and abandoned every portuguese in Africa, giving those provinces at the hands of bad leadership, this causes civil wars and destruction and today Angola is almost a single party country like China. But Cape Verde and São tomé didnt had any terrorists for independence but the Commis gave them indepdendence anyway.
@@Luzitanium Eu sei, mas portal também estava em crise com a ditadura de Salazar, óbvio que os países da África aproveitaram essa fragilidade.
I AM PORTUGUESE I AM 82 YEARS OLD AND I LOVE THIS CONTRY AND HIS AMASING HISTORY....WE HAVE BEEN THE ASTRONAUTS OF THE PAST....BRASIL UNTIL AUSTRÁLIA USING CARAVELAS....MOST MORE TEY HAVE DONE THAN TODAY THEY ARE DONE WITH THE
ROKTS....
No need to shout gramps.
you are morrocan do you know that??
Você?? Os portugueses de 500 anos atrás!! 😂😂
@@danielabenettisantana412 Acho que a menina não compreende, lá está talvez não seja portuguesa mas, quando um português diz, por exemplo "Nós descobrimos o caminho marítimo para a Índia" ele não está a falar de si, mas dos portugueses -- tal como disse - "de 500 anos atrás".
@@amado68 mas GRAÇAS A DEUS os portugueses atuais não fazem parte da história do Brasil!!! Os portugueses são TODOS ESTRANGEIROS NO BRASIL!!!!! E os ÚNICOS descendentes DIRETOS dos COLONIZADORES DO BRASIL são os BRASILEIROS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Não temos laços nenhum com os portugueses de hoje!!!! Os portugueses tem consulados no Brasil como os angolanos e venezuelanos!!!! E portugal é um país criado por MOUROSS e ROMANOSS!!! Até castelos dos MOUR0SS AÍ EM PORTUGAL TEM!!! Todos sabem disso!!! Os portugueses 80% tem aparência de MOUROSS!!! Eu sou BRASILEIRA de origem italiana e transmontana!!!!! ☺👍👍
I´m an Portuguese Historian and i respect and liked your work, BUT!! I can say that you made some mistakes, only small details with the esception of the fact that you said that, Filipe II after Dom Sebastião died in Marrocos went to Portugal and conquer the throne by force, that was not how it happen, if he only had the power at the time to do sow with force he would already done sow. All the times Spain try to invade Portugal they got ANNIHILATED by the PORTUGUESE forces, Felipe II got the Portuguese throne because he was the closest to the Portuguese crown by blood. Felipe II father was Portuguese and teach his son to respect Portugal and its Soberany, that was why he manage both countrys separately respecting Portuguese independence.
That was quite fascinating, and just the right length to hold your attention and not become overwhelming with dates and history. Well done and thank you.
*Yes, portuguesitos are better than Brits for making up their history!!*
Long live the portuguese
Portugal was small only in Population which to me makes it even more remarkable what this great Nation did around our globe, they had so much land & not nearly enough population to defend & keep it all, but regardless no other Nation has duplicated, not even close to what Portugal did for hundreds of years... mostly everything Portuguese is so underrated & I really mean so so much not just its glorious history... its very underrated & disrespected for to long now especially by the Vatican because if not for Portugal bringing Christianity every where around our world , Catholic religion would not be so huge, powerful, rich & followed by so many cultures today, The Vatican still hates Portugal for helping & integrating the Templars into the Order of Christ Templars which helped Portugal grow & launched the Age of Discovery which eventually made Lisboa the center of our universe not Venice any more (boohoo there is a tear in my beer, not :) ) . because we don't see anything regarding this fact in Hollywood movies & series does not mean it didn't happen just means that a certain culture controls Hollywood ,remember that .
DOIDO, O VATICANO NÃO TEM NADA A VER COM O QUE VOCÊ ESTÁ FALANDO.
Maybe because the Vatican us the church of satan
total nonsense...
By you saying nothing of what I wrote is true says much about how far your head is up your you know what, but then again every one is entitled to their opinion, in some countries that is , even you... could have just clicked thumbs down instead of stopping your life to comment ... you must be Spanish. @@silveriorebelo2920
@@silveriorebelo2920
???????????? IDIOT!!!
Christopher Columbus lived in Portugal and married a Portuguese woman. In a different timeline, he would have sailed under Portugal instead of Spain and the world would be somewhat different
Well, he actually did sail for Portugal before departing for Spain. There are many distinct theories about the true origins of Columbus. One of such theories is that he was actually portuguese and had the intention of making Spain believe they would find their way to India through the west while at the same time Portugal had already found (and wanted to protect) the true way to India - through the East (cape of good hope)
@@elcourier that author and his narration has been debunked in Portugal.
Columbus🇪🇸 and born in Asturias🇪🇸
go cry 😭
@@flipperthedolphin-vv7de lol which author are you talking about?
@@flipperthedolphin-vv7deColumbus learned how to sail in Sagres, and informed the King of Portugal before the king of Spain. Probably a Portuguese Spy 😉
The fact that we get free videos on CZcams by ThisIsHistiry is truly a gift; keeping the education and knowledge alive. 👏👏👏
THANK YOU for bringing it up.
I HOPE you do others about this fantastic group of people(portuguese) who can fight big nations even without a lider.
I'm proud to be Portuguese. A seaman, son of a sailor. I have salt water running in my veins and I'm proud of it. Heróis do mar nobre povo nação valente imortal!❤
🇵🇹❤
yap portugal is a very economically empoverished country and always has been.
good news is that it is EU's *BIGGEST GARBAGE DUMP TODAY!!!*
@@flipperthedolphin-vv7de bro you dont know history lmao
@@flipperthedolphin-vv7de
However you like to watch videos about it.
Get lost!
Brasileiro descendente de portugueses aqui! Viva Portugal irmão!
@@meninocolgate e eu sou Português filho de pai Brasileiro!! Somos todos um como povo! Pelo menos eu gostaria que fosse assim. Abraço irmão 🇵🇹❤🇧🇷✝️🙏🏽
Viva Portugal
I’m half Portuguese half Latin American, and I must say my ancestors from Spain and Portugal have done things I’m not proud of, but they have also done things that changed the world and made history progress. It’s always nice to come back to my roots and keep learning about them.
I don't know what you're not proud of, maybe because you don't have the height to be worthy of your ancestors.
They have done way more to be proud of then not. Our world today is literally shaped thanks to them. They did more good than bad.
I'm portuguese and your comment is absolutely correct, we have done good things and bad things, fortunely we learn about the bad things that Portugal did at school, here in Portugal we are proud of the voyages of portuguese sailors and them pushing the boundaries of the known world into the unknown, but we don't praise the slavery and massacres that happened, we condemn such actions. But I'm glad you enjoy coming back to your roots so to speak, you're one of us, the portuguese people and I think I can also speak on behalf of my spaniard brothers and sisters, look to Latin America and its people as part of the family
@@MartynLeopard All empires have greatness and misery. What happens is that the only empire, one of the most important and decisive in the history of the world, the Spanish empire, is the only one that carries a black legend, professed by its former enemies.
We Iberians, in general, can be proud of our history. What we lack is the talent to spread our past greatness. A pending subject that we must pass as soon as possible. Greetings to Portugal and all Portuguese-speaking peoples.
Not only must they have known about Brazil but also Australia. They were so close to it that it's difficult to believe that they didn't spot it. Not that it matters, it's really just bragging rights.
I mean without prior knowledge or technology like ours they could go right to the visible edge and not know. They're discovering with a purpose mostly to make money so the incentives to go to uncharted places were always low and risky.
Thank you England for making australia
There is a secret Portuguese expedition to Australia that is widely spoken about - the Mahogany Ship is often associated with the Portuguese
@@mrmoviemaniac4567 I believe that was disproven
very nicely narrated
Love your channel! ❤
Best of all these videos. Best maps and artwork.
Portuguese were the first European colonists in India and the last ones to leave
It wasn't a colony it was a trade outpost.
The goal wasn't resource exploitation but control of local trade
Ast one to leave Asia also. Macau. But Taiwan is a colony of the US 😂
@@Beowulf_93 That makes no sense
This is actually such a great overview!!
if you like made up history, yes!
East Timor/ Timor-Leste is the longest Portuguese colony !
The Portuguese people love East Timor and its people, we wish East Timor nothing but the best, East Timor has been through a lot and I hope the country finds prosperity, all the best to the lovely East Timor
Philip II never invaded Portugal. It was a diplomatic takeover
You should check your sources.
Look at the War of Portuguese Succession (1580-83), with the invasion of Portugal by the Duke of Alba and the battles of Alcántara (1580) and the following capture of Lisbon, as well as the Battle of Vila Franca do Campo (1582 ) won by Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.
Invadiu, sim.
Filipe II invaded Portugal. The thing is that the opposition was very diminished, and almost none among the nobility. Portuguese independence was already sold beforehand. It was a half war if anything. It was nothing like 1385, not even close.
"Invaded". Half of Portugal wanted him as King because he had Portuguese blood.
@@wonderwiseS2 That can be said for many Castilian kings before and after. The only variable that did not work as it was supposed was the Portuguese nobility (or whatever survived Alcácer-Quibir) who diligently sold themselves and the country to the Habsburgs. The error was corrected 60 years, thankfully lest we be the slaves of Madrid like the rest of Iberia.
The most important scholars of Renaissance humanism consider Prince Henry the Navigator to be the most important man in European history.
As attested by a letter written by the Italian sage Poggio Bracciolini to the Infante, in 1448-1449. The literate Italian compares his achievements to those of Alexander the Great, or those of Julius Caesar, praising them even more for being conquests of places unknown to all Humanity. Poggio Bracciolini (1380 - Florence, 1459), was one of the most important humanists of the Italian Renaissance.
Without a doubt, no one else in history has managed to make their actions change the world as much as Prince Henry. He transformed the old world of small villages frozen in time, into a world where the entire planet is part, where all cultures become part of human knowledge.
Especially poor old Europe, full of famine, will benefit most from this. Until then, rich Arab and Asian merchants said that Europe was so poor that the only valuable merchandise were white European slaves.
The world becomes truly global. However, in the 19th century the war for European national pride will make other countries that were looking for the scepter of glory in European history, try to destroy the importance of Henry the Navigator to assume the throne of global history themselves and the only way to achieve this was by accusing him of having "invented" slavery, which is totally false and scandalously shameful on the part of all those who wrote books full of lies just to try to impose slavery on him.
It is so criminally false that there is not a single true document linking it to slavery.
Only after the death of Henry the navigator in 1460 did slavery become necessary for the Americas, which had not yet been discovered at the time of Henry's death.
Therefore, the only way to denigrate him was to say that he took the slaves to the sugar plantations in Madeira. But at the time of his death, Madeira produced little more than cereals. It was the Flemish, Jewish and Genoese who introduced sugar to Madeira. They had already exploited sugar and slaves for over 100 years in the Mediterranean and especially in Sicily.
The Portuguese did not know about sugar and even less about the slavery of Africans.
In 1441, the first black people arrived in Portugal, who were brought by Antão Gonçalves, in the Rio do Ouro region. The captives and not slaves, as the racists like to call them, were treated very well, but Andahu, the native chief, constantly asked to be allowed to return to his land. Infante D. Henrique acceded to his wish, and Antão Gonçalves, when he went back to the Coast of Africa, took the black leader with him.
The relationship with the king of Congo was so good that the Congolese elites began to adopt noble titles, that is, they wanted to be called counts and even dukes.
In the following centuries, the Dutch and companies of German-Jewish capital arrived, and from then until the Belgian king's hands were cut off, the situation of the Portuguese was completely reversed.
Unfortunately, anti-Catholic and anti-Lusophone propaganda spends millions of dollars every year, just to "sow" false stories, designed to praise profit maximization, perpetuating human exploitation and destruction of the planet, through financing books, written intentionally to blame others for their own atrocities.
However, there is a big difference between what Europeans read and what they see when they get to know Portugal and the Portuguese.
The difference between mere dogmatic theory and knowledge through experience was precisely what the Discoveries introduced and that was what made humanity evolve like never before. Therefore, if we go back to blindly believing in mere propagandistic theory, we will be going back 500 years.
What everyone can really see is that the world has completely changed from before to after Henry the Navigator!
Viva Portugal viva o nosso país ! 🇵🇹
Papai, você me criou 🇧🇷
@@Jonathan-ue1it amo te meu filho ❤️
@@Jonathan-ue1itkkkkkkkkkk
@@Jonathan-ue1itvocês são o nosso filho bastardo
Abraços do Brasil, muito obrigado por nos fazer um gigante, Portugal.
The Templar Nation Portugal 🇵🇹 , also called the Mythical Fifth Empire by Christians, has a history that left its mark on the world. More of the 50 countries that currently exist were part of the Portuguese Empire. The Age of Discoveries, in addition to trade, always involved the Christian Religion . To this day, the Soldiers of Portugal are called Soldiers of the Military Order of the Cross of Christ.
😎 The history of Portugal and its heroes made great Hollywood films...
There are not one single document describing the atrocities of the Goa Inquisition, its all propaganda anti Portugal. No one is converted to Christianity by force. Quite the oposite, in Japan even suffering the worst tortures, being burnt and cruxified the Japanese Christians didnt abandomned their Christian faith!
I was shock when he said that.
The inquisition was bad to the jews, but it didn't persecuted hindus
You should read about the Northern Crusades then:
Very well done video! Cheers from a Portuguese person🇵🇹🍻
why these videos always ignore the Portuguese settlement in Canada, in Newfounland and Labrador before Colombus?
Never knew about these!
@@insideimagery133Newfoundland used to be called "Terra Nova (new land) dos Bacalhaus (of the cod fish)" 😂 I know, super weird
They also ignore the fact that Portuguese found Australia.
they even missed the other much more important and more prominent colonies such as Guiné-Bissau
@@boomyminecraft2more And the islands of São Tomé e Príncipe too.
Great video, but just a couple of pointers:
1- Portugal had no friendly relations with Castille - in fact, it had successfully defeated several castillian invasions...recognising that protecting itself from Castille meant expanding its power and influence southwards alongside the African Coast..
2- The expansion through Africa (and Asia) was also partially based on the semi-myth of the Christian Kingdom in the far east (Ethiopia)...with the objective of establishing an alliance and open two war fronts against the muslim kingdoms (thus disrupting Venitian trade)...
I love history nomater how painful
Really nice video, I always like when this channel uploads
Thank you 💯 Great work!!Very very good
Long live both Spanish & Portuguese Empires
They were as enemies as the english and french
slavery and genocide
Not much Muslims devils 😂hhhh hhhh 😊@@eddycarpenter8989
@@eddycarpenter8989 The fool of the hour showed up to view yesterday's world through today's lens and thereby feel morally superior.
@@peterleash3998 save the pseudo-intellectual BS. Enslaving, raping, torturing, and mutilating of African and Indigenous people has always been demonic. Then and now.
Beautiful history lesson!
Thank You!
stop calling Portugal small, when the country is bigger than Belgium and Netherlands together.
Portugal was small only in Population which to me makes it even more remarkable what this great Nation did around our globe, they had so much land & not nearly enough population to defend & keep it all, if Portugal had the numbers I can imagine North America, South America, most of Africa, parts of India, parts of China & Japan & surrounding islands, Philippines, Australia, New Zeeland, Hawaiian islands, Madagascar & thousands of islands around the globe not just in the Atlantic & some more I didn't mention,.. no doubt about it ... small Nation my a$$ ... :)
@@nelsonsoares2975 every european kingdom was small in population.
compared to the major players in the age of discovery & not only but also hundred of years before, back when the Templars arrived in 1111 in the Iberian Peninsula when it was the Kingdom of Portugal to help kick the Muslims back to Morocco - Africa , Portugal has always had much less of a population compared to other Nations not just today , Portugal even used hired hands like Italians, Spaniards, English amongst others, not to mention slaves, not only on their ocean - sea expeditions but also on land in their many colonies world wide... to me the population problem made the most difference in keeping & controlling the lands Portugal was putting on the maps. There were many times that Portugal won battles when greatly out numbered on sea as on land even with the help of foreigners on their side they were always out numbered. England & Portugal have the longest alliance between to Nations in part do to Portugal's population to defend itself from France, Spain, Ottoman Empire - Turkey & not only, in turn England benefited greatly from Portuguese maps & charts to lands that Portugal only knew about & yes Australia, New Zeeland to name two land masses England got to prosper from & I'm just touching on a few things & not only England but the other Nations like Netherland, Spain, France, Italy prospered greatly till today.. but I'm sure you must know most of this & more. Portugal is one of the most underrated cultures - country in our known history no doubt about it, & that needs to change once & for all... most Portuguese don't even know their own glorious history which goes all the way back to Viriato , who was the first Portuguese hero. As a leader of the Lusitanos, he resisted the Roman invasion between 147 BC and 139 BC.. much Portuguese true history has been lost or worse stolen by other cultures & I for one want that to change.@@Luzitanium
you europeans so worried with your sizes, that fuc*** the entire world 😅
@@nelsonsoares2975correctly pointed. Portugal's problem was in population. They amazingly brought Naval power but never had enough numbers to populate.
Vasco da Gama's route was also innovative because it opened the Atlantic route, passing closer to South America and further from Africa before crossing the Cape of Good Hope. This way he caught the favorable winds to descend to the South.
Thanks!!! CZcamsr! Obrigado Canal por prestigiar a história do Império português! Mesmo não sendo desse país,minha vida inteira ouvi a história do Brasil atrelada a esse país. Conhecimento o define!!! 👏👏👏✌🤜🤛🤝💖
Your analysis was quite insightful up until the point where it was mentioned that Philip II invaded Portugal. This portrayal doesn't accurately capture the historical events. In reality, the union between Spain and Portugal wasn't the result of an invasion. Instead, it occurred because King Philip II of Spain ascended to the Portuguese throne through a direct claim. This succession was due to the young King Sebastian of Portugal not having any heirs, leading to a dynastic union. Despite this union, it's crucial to understand that Portuguese and Spanish affairs remained largely autonomous under this arrangement, with each kingdom preserving its distinct governance and interests.
There is a mixture of the two reasons: Philip II of Spain was heir to Portugal (by Queen Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Spain) and at the same time he imposed those rights by sending the Duke of Alba and Admiral Álvaro de Bazán to invade Portugal. . The reason why Portugal maintains a different administration (which does not happen in Italy) is not because Portugal is more independent than Italy, but because Portugal is more Hispanic than Italy. It is how Spain works now: autonomous communities, where the local administration of Aragon or Andalusia is governed by Aragonese or Andalusians, not Madrid or officials from the capital of Spain (like the USA has people from California in California, or Bavaria has Bavarian people in the federal states of Germany, making laws and administering the territory). Philip II believed that he had definitively unified Hispania. He also had great respect for Portugal, as the son of a Portuguese woman. But above all, in the 16th-17th century, it did not make sense to change the Portuguese in the administration, Iberics brothers who speak almost the same Iberian language (Spanish and Portuguese are the same in 89% of the words) to put Spanish . Portugal managed its empire very well. Felipe III keeps things that way, he does not seek forced integration. The moment only changes with Felipe IV, or rather the Duke of Olivares. Not because of the ambition to definitively annex Portugal, but because there is a brutal war in Europe, where Spain is trying to save the Catholic religion by fighting simultaneously against France (Huguenots and Catholics), England (Anglicans), North Germany (Lutherans), the Netherlands ( Calvinists) and the Turkish Empire (Islamic). If the Protestants win in Belgium, France and Germany, they can advance towards Rome, Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna, and destroy the Iberian empires in the world. Spain invaded Germany in 1583-88, and 1618-1648, and participated in the French Wars of Religion in 1562-1598, invading Paris in 1590, to force France to become Catholic. We also stopped the Dutch in Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as destroying some Dutch fleets in Brazil in 1625, 1627 and 1631, in collaboration with Portugal. But in 1640 Spain was exhausted, after 100 years of war. When the Duke of Olivares asks for the support of all the Catholics of the Spanish empire, the Portuguese, Catalans and Italians refuse to collaborate with troops and money. The entire Mediterranean Catholic world thinks about its own interests, while Spain receives small contingents of Irish, German, French, English and Croatian Catholics. We have an emigration of 600,000 people to America in 1700, almost all peasants of military age who have lost their crops. It was a miracle that Spain survived and stopped the French in Italy in 1648, Catalonia 1652 and Belgium 1695, and other powers, almost without collaboration (Austria in Germany). It is logical that the Portuguese, with such an important imperial past, saw the opportunity for independence. For Spain, the important thing was not to eliminate the Portuguese, Catalan-Aragonese and Italian particularities, but to form a strong and collaborative Catholic bloc in an almost apocalyptic moment for Catholics.
I'm portuguese and very proud of our history! 🇵🇹🇵🇹
*nothing to be proud of... unless you call wiping out entire African cultures a good thing?* 💀
@@flipperthedolphin-vv7de i think he means he is proud of the discoveries portugal made and how influential they were
Albuquerque was the second Governor of Portuguese India. He was never a Vice-Roy. The first Vuce-Roy was Francisco de Almeida before Albuquerque. He was the one that fought the Battle of Diu and kicked the Egiptian Mameluk navy out of the Indian Ocean.
Any Graciliano-Ordóñez family here? U.S. Navy vet traveled the oceans just as my ancestors did 💪🏽
Great channel
Same 'aliance'...❤ It looks like the british always take advantage of the faithfull portuguese I hope God sees and fixes that one day.
excellent
Thanks for the video.
Some things are superbly explained in great detail. However, some other topics are incomplete.
There was also no mention of Portuguese presence in Timor neither Guine-Bissau.
It was also a Portuguese circunavigating the world and finding cloves (which became the most expensive and rare spice at the time) - for a video about Portuguese Maritime/global empire, was a shame this was not mentioned.
Also, right on the beguinning of the video, Portugal was far smaller than what says in there. I believe the map You have referenced was from 14th century and not 12th as mentioned. We were at war with Leon and Castela too besides the Moors.
In Angola, We relied a lot in local alliances with the kingdom of Kongo (who granted us Luanda and Benguela as comercial posts). We did actually had royal mariages at some point with them and they converted to Catholicism voluntarely (was perhaps the only territory besides Brasil doing do). It is a shame that this union of Black and White kingdoms passes so unoticed these days.
Good work in explaining the success of military portuguese forces in India specially (i would like to reference here the batle of Diu, in India, against the Ottomans and the defense of Etiopia - both can be found in CZcams). These passes very unnoticed even among portuguese people.
Overall, for the time You had to cover everything, was very good. congratulations.
Spain didn't invade Portugal. It was just that their king was the rightful successor of the Portuguese crown after the death o D. Sebastião.
“Much of the war effort was supplying the Allies”
*cries in Anibal Milhais*
In overall, the video is very well made. Congratulations!
Little details to take into account: you forgot to mention the ex colonies of Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe and Guiné.
From the first Portuguese flag 🇫🇮 to the last one 🇵🇹.
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Super
The Treaty of Tordesilhas never looks quite right on a Mercator projection map
The calculations of that time weren't accurat
I am quite curious🤔 about what happened from1415 until1999.
I've seen a lot about these💪 amazing people,and how they fight and 🤺⛵️WIN🏆🌍 impossible battles with such small number of worriors.
El primer y más extenso imperio global de la historia fue el Imperio Español precisamente cuando anexionó Portugal y sus colonias y estuvieron juntas hasta el Tratado de LIsboa de 1668 desde 1580. Portugal nunca tuvo posesiones en Europa por ejemplo, mientras que la Monarquía Universal Hispánica los tuvo en los cinco continentes y con vastas superficies terrestres.Nunca debió Portugal separarse (fue un auténtico desastre para ambas partes), hoy seríamos todos trilingues o cuatrilingues incluso, el español y el portugués son mutuamente inteligibles.
Oh manolo, vai apanhar na buja!
@@ruimarques7625 ohhh portuguesito go get a job.
ohh wait, there are none in poortugal 🤣
No haces más que decir mentiras.Portugal fue el primero en tenerlo en los cinco continentes,incluyendo su metropolis,melón.Para Portugal fue un desastre la unión, eran los amos del comercio y la exploración(más que los españoles) y con el imperio más próspero hasta ese momento hasta que gracias a los rivales de España atacaron las posesiones portuguesas pues estaban descuidadas.El imperio español siempre fue un segundón,casi nunca establecio una hegemonía pura,al principio vieron que a Portugal beneficiaba más Tordesillas,después perros falderos del Sacro Imperio,después,derrotas contra los turcos hasta 1571,y ya cuando parecia haber pax,surgen los rebeldes flamencos que derribaron ese supuesto mito de la invenciblidad de los tercios(que no imnovaron nada,todo se lo copiaron a los mercenarios suizos y a los lansqanetes alemanes).Cuando estudias la historia de manera fría y neutral,es así,fueron segundones en todo.
16:36 The glorious moustache of Liberdade
I want to how many documentaries there will be four when we explore the universe the Terran Empire
The Suez canal follows, in part, an ancient Egyptian canal from the Nile into the Red Sea. It operated from before 600BC until 767AD.
Portugal, we started to Navigate in the beginning of XV Century
❤In 1415 Conquest of Ceuta by Portugal.
Portugal always had great sailors. But the Spanish began Iberian navigation much earlier.
Conquest of Sicily 1282, conquest of Athens 1311. Also Corsica and Sardinia in 1326. Then invasion of southern England in 1377, 1380-81 and 1411. Djerba in Tunisia, Africa in 1380 and the Canary Islands in 1404. Before Ceuta 1415.
@@Gloriaimperial1 La tienes hasta dentro,ya si quieres contamos a los andalusíes.Los portugueses fueron primero y mucho en la era de la expansion europea. Y fueron mucho mejores mejores navegantes.
@@Gloriaimperial1 i never heard that Spain started before Portugal...
@@mariaTukTukPortugal The first kings of Spain are from the 6th century. The Visigoths. It includes the current territory of Portugal or Lusitania.
The Spanish or Hispanic national feeling always existed. The United Kingdom was officially born in 1707. Italy was officially born in 1860. Germany was officially born in 1870. But Shakespeare (Cimbelino work), Elisabeth and Drake also felt British, 100 years before the REunification with Scotland. The Italian humanists and the Italian Renaissance are from the 15th-16th century, long before REunification, even with Italy divided into 10 or 15 states. Luther, Goethe, Beethoven, are proud Germans born 100-300 years after the German REunification of 1870, even with Germany divided into 300 states. The Spanish or Hispanic sentiment was already present in El Cid, a Spanish hero of the 10th century, or by King Alfonso of Castile, in the 13th century.
When Charles I becomes king of Spain in 1516, officially unifying Castile and Aragon into a single kingdom, called Spain, the king of Portugal protests strongly, declaring that it is a crime and a usurpation, because the "Portuguese are also Spanish" (due to Hispanic origin). The Portuguese were complaining about this until 1713. When Spain became a centralist state, and the Portuguese found it very difficult to claim their Hispanicity.
So when the Castilians, Portuguese and Aragonese are traveling the world and discovering lands, they all have a common Spanish stem, a word derived from Hispanic. Although they feel mainly Castilian, Portuguese or Aragonese.
amazing and yet underappreciated colonial history channel. I hope you'll cover the Dutch Empire as next
It's not quite the entire history of the Dutch empire but I've already covered the Dutch East India Company czcams.com/video/BKxqkh-NEs8/video.html&ab_channel=ThisIsHistory
You're selfish
😮Why?almost all they had was stolen
Orgulho nesta pátria! Conheci muitos luso descendentes das Índias e Ásia e todos têm um orgulho enorme de serem parte portugueses. É o verdadeiro império invisível. É pena que nas escolas portuguesas, o orgulho nacional seja massacrado e a história seja reduzida ao 25 de Abril... Tudo pela Nação, nada contra a Nação!
One of the reasons Cabral stopped in Brazil, which he initially thought was just another archipelago, is the crew's need to eat fruits and plants. They already knew that this practice prevented scurvy.
Spanish explorer Vicente Yáñez Pinzón discovered Brazil not the fairy tale Cabral story portuguesitos tell
@@flipperthedolphin-vv7de Cry more, castelhano de merda.
@@flipperthedolphin-vv7de And by the way, keep telling you circumnavigated the world, when you couldn't do it without a portuguesito. XD
All i know is. If our ancestors saw what Portugal is today. They would slap us in the face. A country of warriors, survivors and one of the most advanced races in the world is now just a little poor country. These last generations should be ashamed of themself to what they have done to our country.
Lol😂
All the glory, all the suffering imposed on themselves and others, all the vanity, all the courage. For better and worse, it shaped our world.
Most of it was royal family ambition. Peasants and slaves did all the work and most of the portuguese alive today are descendants from those peasants and slaves.
Lol....such poetry. It always is towards these european nations in this time period. As if ALL of history isn't about waging war and expanding territory. Literally EVERY boarder your see on a map was conquered by blood.
One word, great.
Great video. I would add that it was around 12.5 million enslaved Africans that were taken from Africa. Of those 12.5 million about 10.7 survived to arrive in their respective prisons.
Poorly researched for example the Spanish king Filipe the first from Portugal that was simultaneously the Second of Spain didn’t invade Portugal he was legitimately king of Portugal he was also raised in Portugal and during his kingdom there were no issues, the problems started later with Filipe the second of Portugal and reach the limits during Filipe the third reign.
The Duke of Alba entered Portugal with an army, and arrived at Lisbon. He defeated the North Africans, he defeated France in Italy, he invaded Rome, he defeated the Germans in Germany, the French in France, the Dutch in Holland, and he accompanied King Philip II to England, to take the throne there, when Philip married Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England. If the Duke of Albas enters your country you are invaded, with Crato or without Crato. Álvaro de Bazán, who never lost a battle, conquered the Azores Islands, defeating the combined fleet of Portugal and France. He never lost a naval or land battle. '
Invasions have always existed, and they do not have to be humiliating. Portugal invaded parts of India, Africa, Brazil. Spain invaded France, Germany and Italy. Napoleon invaded Spain with the French army, and also Germany and Russia. Russia invaded Germany. Germany invaded Russia... We have all invaded and been invaded. Wars are unpredictable.
Portugal gained its independence between 1640-1668, when Spain was at simultaneous war against France, England, Protestant Germany, the Netherlands, the Turkish Empire, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Morocco, Berber pirates, Filipino Moors, Japanese and Chinese pirates, Mapuches of Chile and Apaches of the Great Plains.
When Portugal becomes independent, Spain is gaining on France in Italy (1648), Catalonia (1652) and then Belgium. We were also fighting the English in the Caribbean, the Atlantic and the Netherlands, and invading Germany.
Portugal would never have been able to become independent on its own, because it was a country 5 times smaller than Spain, and with 5 times less population, and Spain could bring 200,000 Italian, Walloon and Franche-Comté soldiers, if necessary, to invade Portugal, but they were all very busy in the war against the Protestants.
I also say that Spain did not want to turn Portugal into a province. The Duke of Olivares, Prime Minister of Philip IV, realized that European Catholics could lose the war. If the Protestants had won the war in Central Europe, they would have reached Vienna, Madrid, Lisbon and Rome, destroying Catholicism forever, and our Mediterranean culture. England would have appropriated Brazil and Spanish America, and the Netherlands would have expelled the Portuguese from Asia and Africa. The Portuguese did not want to collaborate, they wanted to sell cinnamon, because they are not yet aware of the danger. Portugal had been a great empire and had its own pride, so there is nothing to say to the independence of Portugal. But the story is more complex than the right to sell cinnamon. If we had lost in Europe, you wouldn't even be able to sell cinnamon anymore.
Great overview!
Flash point history channel, covers portuguese battles in India with great detail.
Such great story telling.
Raça lusitana de um cacete!
Abri o meu CZcams (o CZcams veio para ficar!), ou seja "Caí aqui de paraquedas". Vou fazer um comentário for free like all the others I have done so far and I prefer this way!
Sempre soube que os Ingleses (?) gostam dos portugueses and vice-versa (e em particular de Portugal)... Now seriously, um vídeo de 20 e poucos minutos para falar sobre o Império Português!? Really!? No.
É provável que Eu tenha "apanhado" só o primeiro. Aguardo os próximos. Thank you.
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canary islands were also claim by portuguese that time.
Vasco da Gama route to india is wrong in video.
0:43 Being from Southeast Asia, I have a problem with the first one minute of the introduction. Before Portugal’s conquest, there were already existing International Trade Routes that involve different nations from different regions, like: the Maritime Jade Route, the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, the Incense Route, etc.
The difference is that these international trade routes were not global, did not cross the oceans from north to south, did not circumnavigate the globe and they did not transform the world and our knowledge of it as the navigations of the Portuguese, Spanish, etc. did.
@@dagerman7032exactly. In fact, Portugal biggest success was the disruption of all those local trade routes by corner África for the first time and finding marine route to India
This felt condescending. Especially when he butchered Portuguese names. I would love deeper perspectives from a Portuguese historian, and a Brazilian, as well as, African and Asian historians. There’s no mention of Portugal’s wealth during Industrialization. The language he uses constantly reinforces a cliche negative narrative.
There are so many problems with word choices.
What about Vicente Yanez Pinzon?
he is Spanish explorer that discovered Brazil.
portuguesitos too butthurt (+) to know this 😁
Its okay, Colombo was a Portuguese spy, we found America Espanholada😊
Le commentaire à 13:58 n'a pas bien éclairé l'événement dangereux de la défaite de l'armée du Portugal face à l'armée du Maroc, au nord du Maroc, ce qui causé la mort du roi Sébastien dans la bataille, et l'effondrement de l'empire Portugaise , et où le Portugal est devenu sous la tutelle de l'Espagne.
The map of The Netherlands in the late 16th century was quite different from the way it looks today, therefore is incorrect here. Especially the northern part of what is now Belgium was erroneously left off.
Somos herois, e sempre Seremos ,viva a Nossa patria, Pequeno en terreno e grande em povo 🙌
It was forget with just 250 thousand men that had to defend the country, work, go to war, etc. It went from Brazil to Japan. That´s no small feat.
Brazil alone has more habitants.
But hey ok
Portuguese is the 5th most spoken mother language (1st language) in the world.
how comes that guine bissau name is not mentioned in your historian expertise of portuguese discovery ? i'm not sure you ever heard about sao tome principe and guine bissau. do more research. portuguese have lots of history
Make a series About all empires of that Age so the dutch english french
First of all, Bahia is a state, not a city. Second, Pedro Alvares Cabral achieved Brazil because it was easy. You need to understand Ocean currents to understand it was easier.
There are claims that the Portuguese had been aware of the existence of land where Brazil is from their earlier expeditions that were attempting to go around Africa. There were signs of land when they developed their 'Volta do Mar'.
Back then it wasn't a state, that concept didn't exist. Also saying it's easy, that's looking in today's perspective
Portuguese were only 80k exploring with a population of 800k, england, france were already 4 millions
1 Million and still did it before them.
While watching the video I found it weird when you refered that King Philip of Spain invaded Portugal, because that was not how I remember studying it. After reading most of the comments I can see that many people also disagree while others agree, so I will leave my version of what happened since is not such basic tale.
First lets talk about Manuel I wich family tree is crucial for the story, after is dead is older son become king Joao III, wich was the grandfather of Sebastiao I.
When King Sebastiao died in battle he was childless so his great-uncle, Cardinal Henrique, only son of Manuel I alive become king Henrique I of Portugal by beying the most direct sucessor, the problem was this men also haven't any children and was of old age, dying 2 years latter.
Before his dead the Portuguese court had already started to take sides for the throne's pretendents and the obvious war of sucession to come, and existed 3 (all cousins, all grandsons of Manuel I and nephews of Henrique I): Lady Catarina, duchess of Bragança, Lord António, prior of Crato and Philip II, king of Spain. From the 3 Philip was the one that reunited most support, mostly because is mother was the 2nd older king Manuel I children after John III, so he was the most direct sucessor to the Portuguese throne. Some thought didn't want a Spanish king to become king of Portugal, so that created some support for Antonio, but he was a bastard son so that also diverted some suppor from him, Catarina ended with the least ammount of support, mostly because she was the 2nd child of the 9th Manuel I son.
After Henrique I died the war for the throne started, Catarina didn't put mutch of a fight and the historical data is poor about it. Antonio's supporters declared him king in Santarem (king Antonio I of Portugl), followed by popular acclamation in Lisbon and other towns, but without Court's support and is reign only lasted 20 days, when Philip's army and most of Portuguese lords army defeated Antonio's army in 2 decisive battles. Antonio then ran to France and gathered support from the French crown then sailed to Azores where he tried to continue fighting while the rest of Portugal and Madeira recognized Philip II of Spain as Philip I of Portugal (yes, like that). Antonio was latter defeated in a naval battle in Azores and ran away again to France and latter England, where he ended in poverty.
So yeah is weird to say that Philip invaded Portugal when he was supported by the vast majority of the Lords of the country.
Also Catarina's grandson ended up as king Joao IV after Philip III of Portugal (Philip IV of Spain) was thrown away from the throne, so I guess she played her cards well in the end.
Such an upbeat way to narrate an empire built on blood. :)
Every empire was built on blood. Even small Indian and African tribes asserted their claims with blood. Look at the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East today, and it is the same thing. It is a constant of human history. Why would the Portuguese, French, English, and so on be any different 500, 300 or 200 years ago?
@@lfsm9380 For the most part, youi're right sir.
However, not all empires are the same level of deplorable means to gain power. Especially in the case of Portugal. Also, the way historians skip over atrocities diminish it's literal impact on society.
No one talking about the fact that spain quite literally ruined the hopes and dreams of the Portuguese Empire.
Indeed. What worked for Portugal, was ruined by the shift to the geostrategic priorities of Castille/Aragon and the Habsburgs. This made England and the Netherlands, our Atlantic natural allies and business partners, our enemies. Really a waste, even for the Habsburgs.
@@jorge6207 The largest place in the Portuguese empire is Brazil. Spain defeated the Dutch in Brazil 3 times in 1625, 1627 and 1631.
Spain waged a 200-year war against the Protestants of France, England, Lutheran Germany, the Netherlands, and the Turkish Empire. 16th-17th centuries. If the Protestants had won the French religious wars, the religious war in Germany and the religious war in Belgium, they would have attacked Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna and Rome, destroying our Catholic and Mediterranean culture, and then our empires in the world. Spain imposed Catholicism in France, invading Paris in 1590. Charles V, king of Spain and emperor in Germany, stopped the expansion of Protestants in Germany. Spain invaded Germany in 1583-1588 and 1618-1648, to stop the Protestant advance. We also stopped the advance of 4 powers in Belgium and Luxembourg, which are Catholic. And we stopped the Turkish advance in the Western Mediterranean, with our NATO in Italy. I know that the Portuguese were very happy selling cinnamon, but the Iberian, Mediterranean and Catholic world was in danger. Alliances do not exist. England attacked its Protestant allies in the Netherlands, expelling them from New York and South Africa. The United Kingdom took the territory between Mozambique and Angola from Portugal, which caused a major crisis in Portugal in 1890. Spain never had much interest in Brazil, so Brazil served as a buffer to keep the British from entering Latin America, because they They were allies of Portugal, at a time when Spain was a danger to Portugal. We didn't want them to enter through the jungle in Bolivia or Venezuela. The British made hundreds of unsuccessful attacks on Spanish America. But Spain could not defend the entire coast of Brazil and the 10,000 or 12,000 km2 of Spanish American coast.
The Netherlands also attacked the Philippines, and they already had the objective of expelling the Portuguese from Indonesia. The expansion of the Dutch coincides with the time when Philip II is also king in Portugal.
Spain destroyed three Dutch fleets in Brazil in 1625, 1627 and 1631. We also stopped Protestants in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, southern Germany and the Palatinate. If the Protestants, allies in those wars, had won in those countries, they would have attacked Madrid, Lisbon, Rome and Vienna, destroying Catholicism and then our empires in the world. The Dutch expansion coincides with the government of Philip II-III and IV, in Portugal. The Dutch (Calvinists) wanted to expel the Portuguese (Catholics) from Indonesia, just as the English expelled the Dutch from New Amsterdam and South Africa, and the English took the territory between Mozambique and Angola from Portugal in 1890.
Tbf, Sebastian did that. By dying. His fanaticism was portugal's doom.
@@Icenfyre No argument here. Sebastião was by far the worst Portuguese king ever. Not a bad start in terms of centralising some legislation, organised some stuff, but then goes off to war in another land, without securing an heir, gets killed and with him most of the best nobility available. Catastrophic.